Spaghetti No 5's Sicilian Supper Club in Bethnal Green

This one sounds amazing - an authentic Sicilian supper club at The Arch Gallery in Bethnal Green on Friday 13th December, including street food starters, spaghetti as a main, and Italian desserts, including sun-dried fruit.  Plus you get to play Sicilian Bingo afterwards.

"Spaghetti no.5 is hosting a new concept in the Italian dining experience via the joy of pasta and possibilities. It will be premiering its culinary delights in London at The Arch Gallery in Bethnal Green on 13 December where guests will be taken on an extraordinary sensory journey tasting traditional and contemporary twists on speciality dishes from the sun soaked mediterranean island of Sicily. 
This event will immerse you into the vibrant spirit of sicilian life through eating, engaging and listening and entertainment with a peppercorn of education thrown in for good measure!"

When - Friday 13th December with seatings starting at 7.30 pm and 8.15pm, until 11pm

Where - Railway Arch 289, Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9HA

Tickets - £35 + fees from Eventbrite here

Map

Link 1 - Spaghetti No 5
Link 2 - Tickets
Link 3 - Menu

Get more events like this:

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  See the latest issue here, and please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

Percival & Trekstock's Winter Shop in Seven Dials

Trekstock, the charity that raises funds & awareness for research into cancers that affect young people, is collaborating with menswear brand Percival for a one month pop-up shop in Earlham Street, Seven Dials, from 5th December to 5th January 2014.  There are also a number of events planned in-store - see below or here for details.

"The ‘Percival x Trekstock’ winter pop up store will be open on 7 Earlham Street, Seven Dials WC2. Collaborative pieces will beavailable to buy, with 50% of all profits donated to Trekstock. The space will also host a number of festive events in the run-up to Christmas including a guestlist launch party on the 12th December - compered by Rick Edwards, celebrity wrapping on the 15th with renowned illustrator Telegramme providing his exclusive Christmas range and a special guest wrapping purchased goods for a small fee, and an Outerwear Re-Waxing Night presented by Percival - bring in your old waxed cotton garments and breathe new life into them as the guys from Percival teach you how to relax those treasured pieces of outerwear."

When - Thursday 5th December 2013 - 5th Jan 2014

Where - 7 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, WC2H 9LL

Map

Link 1 - Percival on Facebook
Link 2 - Trekstock

Get more events like this

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  Please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

See this week's newsletter here

India Hamilton's Pop-up Restaurant at the Winter Shuffle Festival in Mile End

Click the image to enlarge

The ten day Winter Shuffle festival takes place at St Clements Hospital, a former mental health hospital in Mile End Road.  Lots of events are planned for the festival with people like Danny Boyle, Nic Roeg and Jarvis Cocker all taking part - full programme here.  During the festival India Hamilton will be managing the cafe, selling a set menu including Stew.  

"Since this tis the season, I strongly urge you to make it out to Mile End starting next week for Winter Shuffle, the mad art/film/culture festival that Kate MacTiernan and Lizzy Daish have cooked up in the abandoned asylum in and around St Clements Hospital. It's a seasonal reprise of the successful event they put on this past summer. Films curated by Danny Boyle, a Q&A with Nic Roeg moderated by Jarvis Cocker, kids' films & events, dining in an enchanted forest, and a deranged Warhol Factory on LSD room installation by Uliana Apatina (especially suitable for children!), and a whole lot more. 
The Forest Restaurant and bar have created a forest setting filled which trees, and lights. The Menu is a set menu of Stew, SourDough and Christmas Treat Desserts for £12.50"

When - 5th - 15th December 4pm - 11pm everynight
Serving Food from 6.

Where - St Clements Hospital, Mile End Road E3 4LH

Booking - £12.50 for the set menu here

Map

Link - Winter Shuffle Festival

Get more events like this

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  Please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

See this week's newsletter here

Grub's Two Christmas Feasts at The Bread and Roses in Clapham

Grub (not to be confused with Grub London, or Grub Club) are hosting two Christmas feasts at The Bread and Roses pub in Clapham on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December.  It promises to be quite a theatrical experience - and they suggest that guests should wear Christmas jumpers and wooly hats.

"Ladies and Gents, 
Grub presents....
"A Christmas Feast" from The Devil's Larder. 
A theatrical feast including a six course banquet created by Grub's very own chef, Mr James Knox Boothman (head chef at the Coal Vaults, Soho), curated by Grub co-founder and Creative Director Melanie May (The London Leisure Pirates, Lost & Found), and performance from Theatre Director Jack Stigner (FoulPlay Productions, Colossal Crumbs, Twisted Hip).
Grub, 2013's traditional British pop-up restaurant, became a local favourite for the East End, serving classic national dishes with a touch of finesse in a charming environment; upstairs at the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club.
"A Christmas Feast" follows the success of Grub's first theatrical feast from The Devil's Larder, a seven course banquet commemorating Queen Victoria's coronation anniversary including: Sooty urchins, shoveled muscles, People Pie, Pears soap dessert complete with saucy advertisement, and many more moments of macabre culinary drama. Grub teams up with Starving Arts, to make "A Christmas feast" bigger, better, and even more spectacular, but don't be fooled by the little devils, I mean elves... Christmas is cooking and we promise to sell-out to stuff your stockings.
Grub in The Devils Larder's "A Christmas Feast" is showing on the 9th and 10th of December, at The Bread and Roses, Clapham.
Dress code: Christmas Jumpers and Woolly hats"

When - Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th December

Where - The Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ

Tickets - £30 from here - Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th

Map

Link - Facebook page



Get more events like this

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  Please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

See this week's newsletter here

The Ooh Fondue Three Day Pop-up Restaurant near London Fields

For three days from Thursday 5th December a fondue restaurant is opening near London Fields, with cheese from Neal's Yard, bread from the E5 Bakehouse, charcuterie from Borough Market, and wine from Borough Wines.  They're taking over the Number One Cafe in Well St, for all three nights, and it's sure to be very popular.

"Fondue with an epicurean twist is the order of the day at Ooh-Fondue, a new fondue pop up restaurant opening in Hackney this week.
Ooh-Fondue, run by Moro chef Charlie Nicoll, is launching in Hackney for a limited run on 28th November.
Ooh-Fondue is much more than an ironic nod to alpine holidays - it promises to be an authentic foodie experience.
The pop up supports small local independent traders, sourcing its cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy, bread from E5 Bakehouse, charcuterie from Borough Market and wine from Borough Wines.
The restaurant’s founders are three friends and Hackney locals –Nicoll, who chefs at both Moro and sister restaurant Morito, Josie Martin, the front of house manager at Morito, and Michelle Booth, an advertising executive.
The business is the brainchild of Josie Martin, who after enjoying some particularly delicious fondue on a night out, decided it was time the retro dish had a comeback, and persuaded her friends to join her in launching a pop-up dedicated to melted cheese."

When - Thurs 5th - Sat 7th December, 8pm - 11.30pm

Where - Number One Cafe, 36-28 Well Street, E9 7PX

Tickets - £35 + fees from Eventbrite here

Map

Link - Facebook page

Get more events like this

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  Please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

See this week's newsletter here

Dhruv Baker's 'Frida Kahlo' Mexican Dinner at The Artist Dining Room near Broadway Market

On Thursday 5th December Masterchef winner Dhruv Baker is cooking a Mexican-influenced meal at The Artist Dining Room pop-up near Broadway Market, in honour of fiery Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.  Note that this one is BYOB.  Full menu is here

"The Winter months will heat up with a South American celebration of the life and works of fiery Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Guests will be taken on a journey of the palate whilst special Guest Host Pia Love leads an evening of multi-sensory exploration of muy caliente proportions.
Guest Chef Dhruv Baker, winner of MasterChef 2010 will creatively concoct a menu exploring Kahlo's experiences and artistic expressions, through a Mexican influenced 3-course meal. BYOB.
The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is now regarded as one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century, drawing upon a diverse range of influences, including Surrealism, ancient Aztec belief, popular Mexican folklore, Eastern philosophy and medical imagery. Throughout her practice, Kahlo has continuously pushed the boundaries and created taboo-breaking subject matter dealing with the frailty of the body, birth, life and death."

When - Thursday 5th December

Where - Shonibare Studio & Guest Projects, Sunbury House, 1 Andrews Road, London E8 4QL

Cost - £36.50 from here

Map

Link 1 - The Artist Dining Room inc full menu

Link 2 - Guest Projects

Get more events like this

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  Please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

See this week's newsletter here

James Ramsden's Secret Larder Supper Club near Highbury & Islington

James Ramsden runs a very exclusive supper club from his home.  Whenever I've looked at his site it's been booked up for months in advance, but now you can taste his food at a series of special Tuesday night events at a cafe near his home in December.  Tickets are just £37 (£22 deposit payable in advance) and for that you get four courses, and BYOB with no corkage.  Do it!

"Arguably, James Ramsden's Secret Larder supper-club is London's most exclusive ticket in town. In order to secure a seat at one of his hearty seasonal 4-course dinners, potential guests are asked to perform a series of life-defying challenges, do a little jig and stand on one leg whilst rubbing their tummies and patting their heads (aka apply for a ballot system). LUCKILY however, he's just decided to grant Grub Club 10 tickets per event for diners to book challenge-free!
The Secret Larder is about good food and good company. Based on the Holloway Road and hosted by the author of 'Small Adventures in Cooking,' Guardian food writer & Radio 1 broadcaster, James Ramsden. Every Tuesday night James and co. serve a hearty seasonal 4-course dinner for 20 guests who get to bring along bottle of their favourite (with no corkage). Simple as that.
Expect to eat a sumptuous 4-course dinner, plus a welcome drink, superb coffee made by Vagabond, and homemade chocolate truffles."

When - Tuesdays - 3rd, 10th & 17th December, 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Where - Vagabond, 105 Holloway Road, N7 8LT

Tickets - £22 deposit from Grub Club here & then a further £15 on the night

Map

Link - Tickets

Get more events like this

I have created a weekly newsletter to feature news about all of the latest and best pop-up and temporary things in London.  Please sign up below!

Subscribe to our mailing list

See this week's newsletter here